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Great Lakes Water Life Photo GalleryRotifersFlosculariidae |
Class
Monogononta-Order Flosculariacea
Family Flosculariidae
| Image Link | Scientific Name | Lake Superior* | Lake Michigan | Lake Huron |
Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Habitat |
| Beauchampia crucigera | x | ||||||
| Floscularia spp. | |||||||
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Floscularia conifera | x | |||||
| Floscularis janus | x | ||||||
| Floscularia melicerta | x | ||||||
| Floscularia ringens | x | ||||||
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Lacinularia flosculosa | x | |||||
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Limnias spp. | ||||||
| Limnias ceratophylli | x | ||||||
| Limnias melicerta | x | ||||||
| Limnias shiawasseensis | x | ||||||
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Ptygura spp. | ||||||
| Ptygura crystallina | x | ||||||
| Ptygura longicornis | x | ||||||
| Ptygura longipes | x | ||||||
| Ptygura melicerta | x | ||||||
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Sinantherina socialis | x |
Based on: A Guide to the Rotifers of the Laurentian Great
Lakes. RS Stemberger. 1979. U.S. EPA. EPA-600.
with additions from:
A
Lakewide Comparison of Zooplankton Biomass and Its Species Composition
in Lake Erie, 1983-87. Makarewicz, Joseph C.J. Great Lakes Res. 19(2):275-290.
1993.
A
Decade of Predatory Control of Zooplankton Species Composition of Lake
Michigan. Makarewicz, Joseph C., Bertram, Paul, Lewis, Theodore, and
Brown, Jr., Edward H. J. Great Lakes Res. 21(4):620-640. 1995.
Feasibility
of Shoreside Monitoring of the Great Lakes. Makarewicz, Joseph C. J.
Great Lakes Res. 17(3):344-360. 1991.
Lake
Huron Rotifer and Crustacean Zooplankton, APRIL-JULY, 1980. Evans,
Marlene S. J. Great Lakes Res. 12(4):281-292. 1986.
Seasonal
Abundance of Planktonic Rotifers in a Nearshore Area of Central Lake
Michigan. Duffy, Walter G., and Liston, Charles R. J. Great Lakes Res.
4(1):46-49. 1978.
*None of the consulted references included information on Lake Superior rotifers.
Beauchampia crucigera |
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Great Lakes Species: Beauchampia crucigera Alternative Names: Beauchampia crucigera = Cephalosiphon limnias |
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Floscularia spp. |
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Great Lakes Species: F. conifera, F. janus, F. melicerta, F. ringens Alternative Names: Floscularia conifera = Melicerta conifera; F. janus = M.janus, M. flocculosa; F. melicerta = M. tubicolaria; F. ringens = M. ringens |
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Lacinularia flosculosa |
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Great Lakes Species: Lacinularia flosculosa Alternative Names: Lacinularia flosculosa = L. socialis |
Profile:
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Limnias spp. |
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Great Lakes Species: L. ceratophylli, L. melicerta, L. shiawasseensis Alternative Names: Limnias melicerta = L. annulatus |
Profile: L. ceratophylli in pseudocolonies.
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Ptygura spp. |
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Great Lakes Species: P. crystallina, P. longicornis, P. longipes, P. melicerta Alternative Names: Ptygura crystallina = Oecistes crystallinus; P. longicornis = O. longicornis; P. longipes = O. umbella; P. melicerta = P.m.mucicola, O. ptygura, O. melicerta, O. mucicola. |
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